creating a new volume on Big Sur

How do you create a volume with Mojave on your Mac?

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 4:44 PM

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dialabrain

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Dec 3, 2020 9:48 PM in response to drrichard

Just to add, your Mac had to come with Mojave or earlier for Mojave to run.

Sharhari

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Dec 3, 2020 9:42 PM in response to drrichard

Please see this help document, Hope it helps.

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